April Showers
Climate change and weather affect your beer and wine
First there was the late February snowstorm with almost 19 inches of snow recorded at the Eugene airport. Then there was the early April rainstorm … Continue reading
Wine
Farewell to Sleuth and Mole
Eugene educator and EW wine writer Lance Sparks remembered
After longtime Eugene Weekly wine columnist Lance Sparks retired, the paper briefly searched for another wine writer. Then EW stopped the search, because it wasn’t … Continue reading
Sleuth & Mole Turn Out the Lights
Our longtime wine writer and his bosom buddy bid a fond farewell
On the 15th floor of Eugene’s most decrepit high-rise, I dragged my feet down the hallway littered with pieces of broken tiles and remnants of … Continue reading
Rosies
Summertime heat is perfect for sipping ice-cold rosés
On the 17th floor of Eugene’s creakiest high-rise, behind the pebbled-glass door marked “Wine Investigations,” my pal and partner, Mole, set out a display of … Continue reading
Into the Weeds with Wine
Can two growing industries coexist?
“Vineyard owners sue over pot operation,” reads an April headline in The Register-Guard. Thus begins a story we might have foreseen like a blip on … Continue reading
Women in Wine
Women are vital to survival, and to wine
Years ago, staffers at EW were invited to Portland to sample the quality of some craft brews in Beer-vana. As a lark, clever staffers decided it might be fun to include on the trip — and into the story — a known “wine guy” and recognized beer-phobe, namely me. Continue reading
Warming Wines
Beyond the northern Willamette Valley
Across the wine-y world, Oregon is recognized for its cool climate, hugely hospitable to growing the pinot noir grape, considered by many wine-lovers to be … Continue reading
Washington Wine Month
Head north young (or old) wine drinker, head north
March is Wine Month in Washington (that state north of ours). Unless you have a passion for wine, that fact is not very important. If … Continue reading
Alternative Facts? No. Alt-Wines, Yes.
Wine truth as we know it
In President Benito Tweety’s post-truth, “alternate-facts” world, it probably doesn’t matter if we reported a story with some misleading information in January’s “Wine Label Whimsy,” … Continue reading
Wine Label Whimsy
Fun labels can wrap around a good wine
Must be global weirding: A carny barker-snakeoil hustler gets elected president of the U.S.; ice forms on December rosebuds; and in the wine world, someone … Continue reading